Commodity Purchasing Manager

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Job Description

-Commodity purchasing for T&C components products in Europe with support to other regions, for E-Systems

Responsibilities

• Lead T&C purchasing commodity in EU/Africa with a direct team of 3 Buyers, including sourcing new and existing T&C components spend (RFQ, benchmarking, negotiations rounds, offers and scenarios analysis to present sourcing proposal, resourcing, annual negotiations and special initiatives, etc.)
• Manage T&C Directed Suppliers
• Support development for regional commodity and supplier strategies
• Align objectives, strategy, actions with plants and program teams
• Organize and coordinate supplier workshops with Engineering to work on cost reduction ideas and their execution
• Ensure sourcing / process and Global procedures compliance and Delegation of Authority (DOA) through SRM, SAP and Coupa systems
• Coordinate system maintenance with pricelist updates, supplier contracts, parts homologations and other daily administrative tasks
• Maintaining good knowledge of the current market and future trends to support identification of alternative sources
• Support plants on logistic and quality problems with suppliers

Experience

• Engineering or Business Administration degree
• Working experience 5+ years required in similar position (if possible automotive and T&C components)
• Very good negotiation Skills and Proficiency in the English language
• Good communication skills in a global organization, problem-solving and analysis skills, self-driven, highly trustable person, team player
• Good time and workload management
• MS Office Tools skills (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.